Crush (Bon Jovi album)

Crush
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released	June 13, 2000
Recorded	Sanctuary II Studio in New Jersey
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, pop metal[1]
Length	61:14
Label	Island
Producer	Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Bon Jovi chronology
These Days (1995) Crush (2000) One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 (2001)
Singles from Crush
"It's My Life" Released: May 23, 2000 "Say It Isn't So" Released: July 21, 2000 "Thank You for Loving Me" Released: November 16, 2000

Crush is Bon Jovi's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000. It was their first studio album since These Days in 1995. The album was produced by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Crush, which produced such hits as "It's My Life" and "Thank You for Loving Me", became the band's fifth consecutive UK No. 1 album. It has sold 11 million copies worldwide and helped introduce the band to a new generation of fans. Crush was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

Background

After the initial plan to team up hard-rock producers Bob Rock and Bruce Fairbairn fell through because of the latter's death, an audition process was set up with alt-rock engineer Luke Ebbin (Splender) getting the job. The working title was "Sex Sells" and posters of this album are seen advertised in and around New York in the "Real Life" music video. Another working title was "One Wild Night".^[2] The name was dropped but later used for the live compilation album the following year.

Reception

Critical reception

Crush was mostly well received by critics, it was the first Bon Jovi album ever to be nominated for a Grammy. In a review for Allmusic, Steve Huey expressed the opinion that Crush was a "solidly crafted mainstream rock record that's much better than most might expect."^[1] Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and described "It's My Life" as "a Britney track shot through the heart with Richie Sambora's voice-box guitar."^[3]

Commercial reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Crush became the band's most popular studio album in the United States since Keep the Faith. The album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200^[4] and spent 51 weeks on the chart. According to Nielsen Soundscan, it has sold 2,071,000 copies in the U.S as of 2009.

The album topped the European album chart for seven weeks, spent fifteen weeks in the Top 10, and received 2x platinum certification by the IFPI Europe. The album was No. 6 on the 2000 Europe Year-End albums chart and No. 7 on the 2000 CNN WorldBeat albums chart. Crush debuted at No. 1 in UK and became the band's fifth consecutive UK No. 1 album, but it was the last to go platinum.

The first single, "It's My Life" was the No. 3 best-selling single worldwide in 2000 and topped the European singles chart for 4 weeks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's My Life"	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Max Martin	3:44
2.	"Say It Isn't So"	Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon	3:33
3.	"Thank You for Loving Me"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:07
4.	"Two Story Town"	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson	5:10
5.	"Next 100 Years"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	6:19
6.	"Just Older"	Bon Jovi, Falcon	4:28
7.	"Mystery Train"	Bon Jovi, Falcon	5:16
8.	"Save the World"	Bon Jovi	5:31
9.	"Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen from Mars"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	4:31
10.	"She's a Mystery"	Bon Jovi, Peter Stuart, Greg Wells	5:18
11.	"I Got the Girl"	Bon Jovi	4:36
12.	"One Wild Night"	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child	4:18
13.	"I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin' You" (Demo & Bonustrack)	Bon Jovi, Sambora	3:52
14.	"Neurotica" (Bonustrack in Australia and Japan)	Bon Jovi, Sambora	4:39

Japanese Special Edition Bonus CD: Live from Osaka
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Runaway" (Live, slow version)	Jon Bon Jovi, George Karak	5:41
2.	"Mystery Train" (live)	Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon	5:32
3.	"Rockin' in the Free World" (Live)	Neil Young	5:45
4.	"Just Older" (Live)	Bon Jovi, Falcon	5:17
5.	"It's My Life" (Live)	Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Max Martin	3:50
6.	"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (Live)	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child	8.31

2010 Special Edition Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's My Life" (Live)	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Martin
2.	"Just Older" (Live)	Bon Jovi, Falcon
3.	"Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen from Mars" (Live)	Bon Jovi, Sambora

• At the end of the album, the band can be heard discussing what would happen if James Brown were there, which then follows into "I Could Make a Living Out of Loving You", a bonus track.

Personnel

• Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitar
• Richie Sambora - guitar, backing vocals, talkbox on "It's My Life"
• Hugh McDonald - bass, backing vocals
• Tico Torres - drums, percussion
• David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals
• David Campbell - arranger (strings)

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2000) Peak position Australian Top 50 Albums[5] 1 Austrian Top 75 Albums[6] 1 Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[7] 1 Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[8] 4 Canadian Albums Chart[9] 4 Finnish Top 50 Albums[10] 1 French Top 200 Albums[11] 6 German Albums Chart[12] 1 Hungarian Top 40 Albums[13] 3 Irish Top 75 Albums[14] 3 Italian Top 20 Albums[15] 1 Netherlands Top 100 Albums[16] 1 New Zealand Top 50 Albums[17] 23 Norwegian Top 40 Albums[18] 4 Polish Top 50 Albums[19] 25 Swedish Top 60 Albums[20] 2 Swiss Top 100 Albums[21] 1 UK Albums Chart[22] 1 US Billboard 200[9] 9

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Argentina (CAPIF)[23] Platinum 60,000x Australia (ARIA)[24] Platinum 70,000^ Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] Platinum 50,000x Canada (Music Canada)[26] 2× Platinum 200,000^ France (SNEP)[27] Gold 100,000* Hungary (Mahasz)[28] Gold   Mexico (AMPROFON)[29] Platinum 150,000^ Sweden (IFPI Sweden)[30] Gold 40,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] 3× Platinum 150,000x United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 300,000^ United States (RIAA)[33] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^ Summaries Europe (IFPI)[34] 2× Platinum 2,000,000* *sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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